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"TRADE SECRETS" -- 3/26 PBS Moyers Report on Chemical Industry Deceptions
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FYI:
> "TRADE SECRETS": AN EXPLOSIVE PBS EXPOSE
> ON THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
>
> "Trade Secrets: A Moyers Report," is an
> investigative report that opens the chemical
> industry's secret archive and reveals how
> the public was kept in the dark about the
> dangers of toxic chemicals will be broadcast
> Monday, March 26 on PBS stations nationwide
> (9 p.m. Eastern time; check your local
> listings). The program and the documents
> behind it may have important implications for
> workers and residents everywhere. After the death of
> Dan Ross, a factory worker in a vinyl chloride
> plant, his widow started a lawsuit against
> the chemical industry she believed killed
> him. This process of legal discovery led to
> hundreds of thousands of documents written
> in the industry's own words. These documents,
> marked "internal correspondence" or "strictly
> confidential," reveal what the chemical industry
> knew and when they knew it. Even as laboratory
> research showed that chemicals like vinyl
> chloride were carcinogenic, the companies agreed
> among themselves to keep these findings from
> their workers and the public.
With kindest regards,
Ed
Edward A. Slavin, Jr.
Box 3084
St. Augustine, FL 32085-3084
(904) 471-7023
(904) 471-9918 (fax)
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>FYI:
<BR>> "TRADE SECRETS": AN EXPLOSIVE PBS EXPOSE
<BR>> ON THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
<BR>>
<BR>> "Trade Secrets: A Moyers Report," is an
<BR>> investigative report that opens the chemical
<BR>> industry's secret archive and reveals how
<BR>> the public was kept in the dark about the
<BR>> dangers of toxic chemicals will be broadcast
<BR>> Monday, March 26 on PBS stations nationwide
<BR>> (9 p.m. Eastern time; check your local
<BR>> listings). The program and the documents
<BR>> behind it may have important implications for
<BR>> workers and residents everywhere. After the death of
<BR>> Dan Ross, a factory worker in a vinyl chloride
<BR>> plant, his widow started a lawsuit against
<BR>> the chemical industry she believed killed
<BR>> him. This process of legal discovery led to
<BR>> hundreds of thousands of documents written
<BR>> in the industry's own words. These documents,
<BR>> marked "internal correspondence" or "strictly
<BR>> confidential," reveal what the chemical industry
<BR>> knew and when they knew it. Even as laboratory
<BR>> research showed that chemicals like vinyl
<BR>> chloride were carcinogenic, the companies agreed
<BR>> among themselves to keep these findings from
<BR>> their workers and the public.
<BR>
<BR>With kindest regards,
<BR>Ed
<BR>Edward A. Slavin, Jr.
<BR>Box 3084
<BR>St. Augustine, FL 32085-3084
<BR>(904) 471-7023
<BR>(904) 471-9918 (fax)</FONT></HTML>
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